Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
SOCRATESTo express oneself badly is not only faulty as far as the language goes, but does some harm to the soul.
More Socrates Quotes
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Wealth does not bring about excellence, but excellence makes wealth and everything else good for men, both individually and collectively.
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Envy is the ulcer of the soul.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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To find yourself, think for yourself.
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Are you not ashamed of caring so much for the making of money and for fame and prestige, when you neither think nor care about wisdom and truth and the improvement of your soul?
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One should never do wrong in return, nor mistreat any man, no matter how one has been mistreated by him.
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A man who really fights for justice must lead a private, not a public, life if he is to survive for even a short time.
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Mankind is made of two kinds of people: wise people who know they’re fools, and fools who think they are wise.
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No one knows whether death may not be the greatest of all blessings for a man, yet men fear it as if they knew it was the greatest of evils.
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Now the hour to part has come. I go to die, you go to live. Which of us goes to the better lot is known to no one, except the god.
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True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
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I know nothing except the fact of my ignorance.
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I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.
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Wisdom begins in wonder.
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Every action has its pleasures and its price.
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